VITRUVIO - International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability - Vol 05, No 2 (2020)
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- Resilient and Sustainable Modular System for Temporary Sheltering in Emergency Condition
- "Modern" suburbs in lockdown: the INA CASA neighbourhood by Filippo Rovigo in Messina
- The support of graphic representation for the analysis of the distribution and the preparation of temporary works in the post pandemic period
- A vision on air pollution in cities and the human effect
- Heritage education through serious games. A web-based proposal for primary schools to cope with distance learning
- Adaptive reuse process of the Historic Urban Landscape post-Covid-19. The potential of the inner areas for a “new normal”
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Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , Adaptive reuse process of the Historic Urban Landscape post-Covid-19. The potential of the inner areas for a “new normal”(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Pinto, Maria Rita; Viola, Serena; Fabbricatti, Katia; Pacifico, Maria Giovanna[EN] Often in the past, the great disasters (environmental calamities, earthquakes, epidemics) activated unexpressed energies, triggering transformations of the built environment, able to give rise unexpected conditions of economic, cultural and social development. The fragility of settlement systems in the face of unexpected threats brings out the need for a new planning, changing our gaze on the city.The new framework of needs drawn by the pandemic and the renewed sensitivity towards the combination of health – sustainability, rekindle the spotlight on inner areas. These emerged as "reservoirs of resilience", areas to look at, in order to reach an eco-systemic balance.The aim of the paper is to return an experience of adaptive reuse of the Historical Urban Landscape in an inner area of Southern Italy, where the needs of health and safety of the community are integrated with the transmission of the built heritage to future generations. The goal is the promotion of inclusive prosperity scenarios, towards the so-called "new normality".Starting from an in-depth literature review on the cases of pandemics in history and the strategies implemented, the research identifies health security requirements at the scale of the Historical Urban Landscape and design solutions aimed at reactivating lost synergies between communities and places.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , Heritage education through serious games. A web-based proposal for primary schools to cope with distance learning(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Luigini, Alessandro; Fanini, Bruno; Basso, Alessandro; Basso, Demis[EN] In recent years a growing amount of research has shown interest in studying how virtual reality (VR) could be relevant in many fields. In this respect, VR has gained consideration throughout many applications such as education. Among other aims for its use in education, serious games based on VR were used to promote heritage and make students experience either far or inaccessible scenarios. Until now, VR-based applications have been mainly implemented using head mounted displays (HMD), which actually reduced their circulation. This gap is particularly remarkable in the current Sars-CoV19 pandemic because students, being at home or being at school without sharing equipment, cannot exploit educational programs based on this technology. The current paper proposes a web-based platform on which VR applications could be accessed on any device, either desktop- or mobile-based. The serious game was initially set up on a computer with a specialized software using a HMD, while the process of turning it into a web-based platform is described so that the used methodology could be available to those, who would like to follow it. This project is probably also able to cope with the general aim of making inaccessible objects available to students and, thus, to make the application useful even beyond the current pandemic emergency.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , A vision on air pollution in cities and the human effect(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Cárcel-Carrasco, Javier; Peñalvo-López, Elisa; Carnero, María Carmen; Langa Sanchis, Jaime; Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño Industrial; Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas; Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura; Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica; Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Ingeniería Energética; Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Edificación; Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Tecnología de los Materiales de la UPV[EN] The human effect on air quality in cities and the evolution of air pollution is obvious, due to economic activity, vehicle traffic, etc. The situation created indirectly by COVID-19, has caused many countries to impose during certain periods restriction of movement and stoppage of economic activities, which has allowed us to observe the instant effect that occurs on the air quality in cities. This article discusses what the observed effect has been, focusing on the early moments of the pandemic (January 2020 to March 2020), with an analysis of the situation from its origin in China to its arrival in Europe and more specifically the situation created in Spain. After the analysis of the situation, it can be seen the large reduction of pollutants in the air of different cities, and in particular in Spain, which came to reduce about 80%. All this leads us to the observation of how human activity can greatly influence air pollution.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , The support of graphic representation for the analysis of the distribution and the preparation of temporary works in the post pandemic period(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Vozzola, Mariapaola[EN] The spread of the Coronavirus19 has pushed the world community to re-evaluate the meaning of "normality", introducing new concepts in their daily habits, such as social distancing, use of personal protective equipment, implementation and introduction of temporary works. Thus defining a #newnormal, which has inevitably translated into the need to redesign and re-adapt the environments usually dedicated to sociality, work and education. Hence the need to introduce a tool capable of supporting the actors involved in the adaptation of environments in the operational phases, to introduce codes and methods of representation suitable for proper communication. It will be possible to represent the above, through the presentation of a case study of school building proposing a useful tool for the design and adaptation of existing buildings, through the introduction of temporary works and structures, elements of communication and sizing of the areas.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , "Modern" suburbs in lockdown: the INA CASA neighbourhood by Filippo Rovigo in Messina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Arena, Marina; Calabrese, Luigi; Di Bella, Guido; Fiandaca, Ornella; Minutoli, Fabio; Lione, Raffaella; Todesco, Fabio[EN] The recent CoViD-19 emergency, a dramatic issue for our health, and the vexata quaestio of the existing buildings recovery, especially of the neighborhood, are the ends of an Ariadne's thread that must help us find an exit from the two huge problems. These issues, coupled by the isolation constrain, can be converted in a great opportunity by using targeted choices, supported by sustainability criteria that are now unavoidable.In the present paper, a specific suburban area- former Fondo Basile by architect Filippo Rovigo, on the northern edge of Messina was selected. For this area - following the original indications formulated by the emerging "neorealist" culture for garden cities – we intend: to redefine barrier-free paths; to add green and blue infrastructures; to evaluate incidences on energy performance; to redesign interior spaces to accept the need for sterilization and “flexible” furnishings; to experiment with functionalized surfaces (self-cleaning, antibacterial, heat-insulating); to introduce ad hoc home automation.Therefore, it is necessary to start from a very serious accident on which we stumbled exploiting this experience in order to look at the virus as an opportunity for a general rebirth of the neighbourhood. This latter can be based on new or experimental concepts in order to allow a sustainable restoration of the Modern Architecture, addressed to the second post-war period heritage, not guaranteed by the constrained regime provided for by the Cultural Heritage Code. This possibility is back in the fore thanks to a more recent strategic direction for the protection of "new landscapes" promoted by the Regional Department for Sicilian culture and identity.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , Resilient and Sustainable Modular System for Temporary Sheltering in Emergency Condition(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Nekooie, Mohammad Ali; Tofighi, Mohammadhosein[EN] During the hazard impact, it is very important to manage the emergency condition. Temporary sheltering is one of the preliminary and main requirements of disaster management. COVID 19 poses the necessity of using fast and modular temporary sheltering in the crowded cities to improve treating and curing services for the hospitals. However, successful emergency management for current societies is achievable if the resilience approach has been implemented in all procedures of emergency management. The concept of resilience could make a new sense of motivation in disaster management while recent research shows that resilience makes a significant improvement in the traditional approach of safety and security during disasters. Temporary shelters play an important role in the temporary settlement and also commanding the emergency condition during a disaster period. This study aims to develop a resilient modular design of shelters based on a sustainable industrialized Building system (IBS) under the main critical success factors with the approach of resilience and sustainability. Critical success factors (CSFs), resilience and sustainability criteria are extracted from literature and the CSFs are evaluated based on the questionnaire survey and using VIKOR as a multi-criteria decision-making method. The reduction of mortar usage, IBS, and Interconnected structure are the most impressive factors. Based on these factors, the symmetric orthogonal modular system was selected. The robustness of the selected system was calculated under the explosive load test. Interconnectivity, modularity, mortar-less erecting, disassembling and reassembling abilities are some of the advantages. They improve rapidity, transformability of this structure following capacities of resilience.Item type: Artículo , Access status: Abierto , Editorial(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-22) Chamel, Olivier[EN] Editorial VITRUVIO - International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 2 (2020)